Author: John Kilkenny
Date: 20:30:07 02/13/00
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On February 13, 2000 at 20:08:48, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On February 13, 2000 at 16:55:12, John Kilkenny wrote: > >These are game/60 games. It has already been proven that for game/60 type >events, the computers are very difficult to beat. This has _nothing_ to do >with 40 moves in 2 hours with traditional secondary time controls... > > > > >>Then again, Hyatt does FULLY imho admit that comps are GMs in the audio >>interview. He say something to the effect " Well if you mean that a GM plays it >>like a regular GM(in other words play REGULAR chess), then YES THEY PLAY GM >>STRENGTH CHESS! However once GMs learn their weaknesses they will be able to >>beat them". A shocking admission by Hyatt, because the arguement has always >>been that Comps are GMs at regular chess play! If GMs could learn the >>weaknesses of Kasparov and Kasparov had no way to adjust for each opponent. > > > >Nope, not at all. Human gm's do _not_ have the same (obvious) weaknesses that >computers have. If a GM chooses to avoid these weaknesses, then he gets into >trouble. If he chooses to exploit these weaknesses, then he is going to do >well. > > > He'd >>get beaten like a drum too. It would just mean that he isn't GM strength >>against anti-kasparov play, though at regular chess play he would be. In other >>words in a blind test of say two players playing, where the Human didn't know >>his opponent was a computer (example Allwerman case), and plays regular chess, >>the comps will play at GM strengtho. So at regular human vs human chess comps >>ARE GM STRENGTH, something which has always been known by the enlightened and >>now admitted to by the great prince of the "Comps are not GM" camp R. Hyatt. >> OF course if someone is able to know all of your weaknesses, and you can't >>adjust or know all of that individuals weaknesses in particular, such an >>opponent will have a major advantage. Thus is the life of computer chess >>programs. This however, is irrelevant to the point that at comps are GM's at >>regular chess play, when the human plays the comp as if it were a human. So if >>you released an "Allwerman-Cheater" on to the swiss system scene, and he was >>able to quickly play in a large number of swiss events where GM norms were >>available, all around the world he would quickly get the the norms required. >>Hyatt's camp breaks to it's knees :)(Sorry had to add the drama at the end it's >>been a long hard fight hahaha) > >Another "troll" it seems... Yes this is a troll that you are writing asshole
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